Excellent Faculty. Excellent Recognition. At UH-Downtown, the emphasis is on excellence in teaching and student success. Each year through the Faculty Awards program, UHD faculty honor peers who take that commitment to heart. The award for Excellence in Teaching is given to a professor who demonstrates passion for the academic success and welfare of students through exemplary classroom instruction and attention to their individual needs.
“As a mentor, Dr. Abramowitz was able to ease my trepidation,” said student Caroline Daigle, in a testimonial. “I have met many seasoned professors at the University of HoustonDowntown...But, I have not met another professor who takes the same personal interest in his or her students’ success.”
This year, the awardee is Dr. Joan Abramowitz, professor of microbiology in the Department of Natural Sciences, who received accolades from colleagues and students.
The award for Scholarly/Creative Activities recognizes faculty who have exhibited excellence in serving the profession through scholarly activities such as
Four professors who exemplify UHD’s excellent faculty — recipients of the 2003 Faculty Awards, are (bottom row, at left) Dr. Poonam Gulati, Professional/Institutional Service Award; Floyd Newsum (bottom row, middle) and Dr. Shishen Xie (second row), co-recipients for Scholarly/Creative Activities; and Dr. Joan Abramowitz (far right), Excellence in Teaching.
Thank You, HAL! HAL Incorporated, a Houston-based company that creates logistics software and information systems for supply-chain management, has donated software, installation, and training worth $170,000 to UH-Downtown. The university will use HAL’s software to create a joint supply chain management and computer information systems class tentatively titled “The Use of Information Systems on the Supply Chain” for the spring 2004 semester. The class will be held on a regular basis. HAL Incorporated’s software tracks the off-shore shipping of projects and oil platforms for major oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Texaco. “The importance of energy and oil in the market means that students trained in HAL Incorporated’s software will be very employable,” said Dr. Gary Stading, the UHD professor who orchestrated the donation.
research, publications, performances, exhibits, and presentations. Co-recipients this year are art professor Floyd Newsum in the Department of Arts and Humanities and Dr. Shishen Xie in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
and functional equations were cited, along with his success in involving students in his projects.
During the awards ceremony, Newsum was praised for his accomplishments as an artist, citing his exhibitions and commissions for public art, including two stations on METRO’s light rail line and sculptures for the Main Street Square project.
The Professional/Institutional Service Award is presented to faculty members who practice excellence in serving UHDowntown, the community and the profession. Dr. Poonam Gulati, Department of Natural Sciences, is the recipient. Although this is only her fourth year at UHD, she has an impressive record of involvement through service to students and to the university community as a whole.
Dr. Xie’s pioneering research of the techniques and application of fuzzy set theory to differential
These individuals represent the many caring, dedicated faculty members at UH-Downtown.
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